centauria
Latin
Alternative forms
- centaurēa
Etymology
Accessory form of centaurion in the Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius, from Ancient Greek κενταύριον (kentaúrion), κενταύρειον (kentaúreion, “several plants related to Centaurea”), from κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kenˈtau̯.ri.a/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯riä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtau̯.ri.a/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯riä]
Noun
centauria f (genitive centauriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of centaurēum
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | centauria | centauriae |
| Genitive | centauriae | centauriārum |
| Dative | centauriae | centauriīs |
| Accusative | centauriam | centauriās |
| Ablative | centauriā | centauriīs |
| Vocative | centauria | centauriae |
References
- “centauria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centauria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)